In the meantime..: First Vet Med Practical: PE in avian

Salam.

For those who don't know, PE stands for Physical Examination. We were divided into 3 groups. Well, it's four group initially. and that last group had to be dismissed as we only have 3 rotation for this few weeks. My group members are Farhan, Afiq, Luqman, Teng, Erni, Ain, Asma, Tay, Shirah, Pammie and yours truly. :)

Group 1 (That's us!) are assigned to do PE on Avian, Group 2 on cats and Group 3 on Equine.

We were given some sort of check list for general inspection and PE, Fuhh~ glad I'd make some revision before practical or else for sure I'll be fuzzy for the entire practical. We were given a broiler chicken so, you wont see much of lack in it's conformity. One of the broiler was too obese, it cannot even stand still and walk properly. It's feet unable to bear the weight. Thank God they only live for about 45 days before being culled. If not, can you imagine bearing such weight for your entire life some more the damage it can brings to your feet? ( Reminder for me to loose some weight. Darn. -.-)

So basically, to perform PE on a chicken or any avian species, first and foremost is to observe the bird's appearance and behavioral from a distance. This is more to observing the flocks of chicken. Are they calm? How is the flocks sound? Do cluck normally? Since we were only given 3 chickens, so there's not much to observe. They're just lying down.

After that we carry on with the physical examination. It started with the head and neck > Eyes > Nostril & Beak > Feather & Vent > Breast Muscle > Wings > Leg and Feet.
Other than that, we examine the heart beat, CRT (Capillary Refill Time) and also the mucous membrane. Dr. Sandy also shows us the primary feathers and the area to cut when performing pinioning which is removal of the birds primary feathers to restrict its from flying. It reminds me of Dr. Raymond during our external Examination. He asked me, "Do you want me to cut your primary feathers?" without knowing exactly what is the meaning I just said No. 3 times ok. TRAUMAAAA~ hahahaha

Well there's more other thing to examine actually. The highlight of the practical when our chicken died after we perform Intracardiac puncture on it. Dr Sandy show us to collect blood from the wing and intracardiac. She'd successfully took out quite an amount of blood from the chicken's heart but after some time, just when it's our turn trying to collect blood from the wing, the chicken vomit blood and passed out. It was a tragic dead indeed. May you rest in peace inside Prof Aung's tummy. Beside that, I think the ultimate highlight of our practical would be when the chicken poops at Teng when he tried to take the chicken temperature from its vent. Super LOL